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procedure where the House of Commons had the power of

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impeachment and the House of Lords conducted the trials.

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Our suggested recommendation varies slightly

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from that. We would have the House of Delegates be more

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or less the indicting body and by a three-fifths vote of

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the membership of the House, an impeachment could be

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brought, but instead of having the Senate which would

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correspond to the House of Lords in the English parlia-

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mentary system, instead of having the Senate conduct the

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trial, we would vary slightly from that and suggest that

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a special tribunal of ten judges hear the trial and

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conduct it.

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There was some concern that perhaps there would

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be a conflict if a judge, for instance, was up for

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indictment, for impeachment, and the special tribunal

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would be the judging body. The Committee considered that

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objection of a trial of judges by other judges, but we

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thought that was probably no more questionable than a

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trial of the legislature by his fellow legislators. We

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thought that the judges probably would be specialists

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in their field and better able to conduct impartially